August 2018

YouTube breakouts The Piano Guys to rock Amp with classical, pop music

by Kirby Davis on August 2, 2018

The members of The Piano Guys like to describe themselves as ordinary guys, or dads from Utah. But the band, which will perform at 8:15 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, in the Amphitheater, has amassed millions

Arthur Brooks to offer his insight about the changing nature of work in the Amp

by Matthew Steinberg on August 2, 2018

President of American Enterprise Institute Arthur C. Brooks spoke at Chautauqua Institution in 2016 about his experience in economics and

Director of rabbinical school and interfaith advocate Asher Lopatin to represent Modern Orthodox Judaism during Interfaith Friday

by Julie Ciotola on August 2, 2018

For 18 years, Rabbi Asher Lopatin served as senior rabbi of Anshe Sholom Congregation, a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Chicago.

Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich to present ‘The Fact of a Body’ for annual Chautauqua Prize

by Emma Francois on August 2, 2018

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Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich braids together memoir and true crime in her book, The Fact of a Body, winner of the 2018

‘Jump’ playwright Charly Evon Simpson came to CTC New Play Workshop to find communion with audiences

by Kevin C. Vestal on August 2, 2018

For months, playwright Charly Evon Simpson kept a tab open on her computer to “Jumpers,” an article in The New

Chautauqua Opera Company to feature 16 Young Artists in scenes program

by Georgia Davis on August 2, 2018

Chautauqua Opera Company Young Artists began their season on the Norton Hall stage, and that is where the 16 Studio Artists will be highlighted one last time. The season began with the annual Sing-In, where

Writer-in-residence Jess Row to lead Brown Bag with discussion of empty spaces, gentrification in American literature, language

by Emma Francois on August 2, 2018

Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie, Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and Lena Dunham’s “Girls” have something in common. Chautauqua

Michael Burritt and percussion students to perform ensemble pieces

by Flora Junhua Deng on August 2, 2018

There is a joke that “it is 90 percent panic and 10 percent playing” for percussionists at orchestra concerts. “The

Stanley Lewis, artist and former School of Art instructor, to deliver VACI lecture

by Kirby Davis on August 2, 2018

Artist Stanley Lewis has been visiting Chautauqua Institution for the past 30 years to deliver lectures on genre paintings, artists’

SUNY professor David Kaplin to discuss modern forgeries in Heritage Lecture Series

by David Geary on August 2, 2018

The term “fake news,” used to describe deliberate misinformation spread by mainstream print, broadcast and social media, is a relatively

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Jeremy Bailenson highlights changes in virtual reality technology and how it can be used

by Maggie Prosser on August 2, 2018

Virtual reality is no longer just science fiction, psychologist, author and VR researcher Jeremy Bailenson said. As founding director of Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, Bailenson studies the psychology of VR and how it

John Scherer discusses five questions to change one’s life, work

by Jamie Landers on August 2, 2018

As a former combat officer on a U.S. Navy destroyer, Lutheran chaplain at Cornell University, co-creator of the Leadership Institute

Lori Brockelbank to discuss history, stories behinds trees of the grounds at Bird, Tree & Garden Club’s Life Member Luncheon

by Casey McCarthy on August 2, 2018

Few experiences are more joyous for gardeners than seeing the fruits of a season’s labors, such as vegetables, fruits and

Morning Worship: Choose to be God’s presence in every place you enter

by Mary Lee Talbot on August 2, 2018

When the Rev. Skye Jethani was a 25-year-old seminary student, he thought he was being trained well to think

New chairs of 1874 Society, Bestor Society and Chautauqua Fund are eager to continue fundraising and talk with members of the community

by Matthew Steinberg on August 2, 2018

New team members for the 2018 Chautauqua Fund’s volunteer leadership group, from left, are Susie Kuhn, Chair of the Bestor

M&T Bank Corporation funds The Piano Guys performance in the Amp

by Matthew Steinberg on August 2, 2018

M&T Bank Corporation is underwriting the performance of The Piano Guys at 8:15 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, in the Amphitheater. The company has been a proud partner of Chautauqua for many years and sponsored previous

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